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Report warns of harm to Great Lakes Climate changerelated impacts pose threat to region By EMMA EDMUND

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Gabriela Rodriguez speaks at A&O event. Rodriguez, the producer of the award-winning “Roma,” discussed the challenges of working on the film.

‘Roma’ producer discusses process Gabriela Rodriguez brings director’s vision to life, including dog poop By WILSON CHAPMAN

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Director Alfonso Cuarón is famous for his meticulous attention to detail. But it’s his personal assistant turned producer Gabriela Rodriguez who is on set to ensure his vision comes to life, from organizing travel to

balancing the budget to finding the perfect fake dog poop for Cuarón’s award-winning film “Roma.” “We had maybe about 16 different versions of the dog sh--t, and Alfonso wasn’t approving any of them,” Rodriguez said during a discussion in Harris Hall on Friday. “It wasn’t the right color, or the right texture,

and then the dog started eating the dog sh--t. But (producing) is figuring that out. It’s figuring out how to get the right dog sh--t for Alfonso.” Rodriguez talked about the challenges and the rewards of producing “Roma” in a conversation moderated by Weinberg professor Jerónimo DuarteRiascos. Last Friday’s event was

co-sponsored by A&O Productions, the International Student Association and the Northwestern Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and was preceded by a free screening of the film. A&O Speakers Committee member Stephanie Uriostegui said the group wanted to bring » See RODRIGUEZ, page 6

Experts warn that climate change poses a significant threat to the Great Lakes region, according to an Environmental Law and Policy Center report published last month. The report, compiled by 18 scientists and experts, details the environmental and economic harm already associated with climate change, as well as projected future impacts in the area. Along with increased warming and other environmental issues, experts have tracked increased precipitation, the rise of extreme weather events, decreased wildlife diversity and more frequent beach closures. While the Great Lakes region will be affected by these impacts as a whole, some areas will see more harm from certain climate changerelated impacts than others. Michael Tiboris, a global water fellow for The Chicago Council

on Global Affairs, said Chicago will be more impacted by increasing precipitation during extreme weather events. The city’s combined sewer system drains both stormwater and sewage water into the same network, which can become overwhelmed during a major storm, he said. “(The infrastructure) can handle a lot of water, but it’s not really designed to handle the high volume all at once,”Tiboris said. “The city has used a tremendous amount of resources in an attempt to mitigate it, but it’s pretty clear it’s not going to be enough. There’s just so much water falling from the sky.” Chicago has already allocated resources toward alleviating this problem, including the development of a green infrastructure strategy that involves repairing 760 miles of sewer lines. While this may help Chicago, other areas around the Great Lakes will still have to develop solutions to the problems outlined in the report. In December 2018, Evanston City Council approved the Climate Action and Resilience Plan which outlined “critical actions that need to be taken in order for » See REPORT, page 6

Teens lead talk at The Merion Dale Duro takes first steps

Highland Park group bridges generation gap By JOSHUA IRVINE

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“How come your jeans have holes in them?” Standing at the front of the basement room in The Merion on Saturday afternoon, Halle Michael grinned. She had anticipated the distressed denim would prompt questions from the senior residents of the downtown Evanston retirement community. Another resident had an explanation. “She bought them at the Goodwill store!” the older woman said, cackling. More residents chimed in, and Halle Michael kept up the banter, with her twin sister Samara and peers Zach Dickson and Naomi White adding to the repartee. Together, the four Highland

Park High School students make suggested the two find some way up Fill in the Gap. The program, to engage with the residents of first started by the Michael sisters, the retirement community, which engages Merion residents through is owned by a grandparent. discussions on topics like religion, About 10 sessions have foldrug culture and online dating. lowed, with Dickson and White, Session topics come from both high school seniors, joining requests by Merion residents, and the Michaels about a year ago. almost nothing is off limits — Technology has proven to save for maybe politics, because be a safe bet, Dickson said; the “we don’t wanna do super-con- teens have now hosted three sestroversial topics where everyone is sions on the topic. Dialogue is the opinionated,” Dickson said. focus of the sessions, and though Saturday’s topic was technol- the teens structure the sessions ogy. Over the subsequent hour, around PowerPoints and manage the teens displayed slideshow the discussions, they say they’re slides with images ranging from not interested in lecturing. rotary telephones to virtual real“We prefer not to talk at ity goggles, quizzing residents on them,” Halle Michael said. their technological experiences Similarly, the teens try to avoid while sharing their own. challenging residents’ opinions so Halle and Samara first started not to alienate them, said Samara. giving these sessions in 2017, Samara Michael said she when the twins were freshmen in shares her experiences with high school (they’re juniors now). Samara Michael said their father » See FILL IN THE GAP, page 6

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New Latin dance group looks to establish identity By AUSTIN BENAVIDES

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If you’re walking through the halls of Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and you listen closely, you can follow the beat of some reggaeton, bachata or even cumbia to Studio 1A, where the newly created Latin dance group Dale Duro is now spending their time practicing for their first annual dance show in May. Ariela Deleon and Cecilia Paz founded Dale Duro Latin Dance Co. last June and began the group this Fall Quarter. The group is composed of a 31-member Latin dance team and also hosts dance classes that are open to the public. “We wanted to create something that would touch the

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Members of Dale Duro in formation. The Latin dance crew was started last fall.

hearts of everybody but was still very specific to Latin dancing,“ Deleon, a McCormick junior, said. The group practices each of their pieces, or different styles of dances, for about an hour and a half per week. Some members rehearse for up to four and a half hours a week in preparation for

the show. During their rehearsal last Friday afternoon, the energy was palpable as a dozen of the dancers were preparing to finalize a solid minute of their routine. The group, led by Deleon, was moving to the sound of the song » See DALE DURO, page 6

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Council to debate union contract, Corridor project By JULIA ESPARZA

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Aldermen will review a collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of Fire Fighters and discuss the authorization of a $2.1 million contract for the Main Street Corridor Improvement Project at Monday’s City Council meeting. City staff have been negotiating updates to union contracts with representatives from the IAFF Local 472 Union over the past several months. During Monday’s meeting, city staff will recommend Council approve the agreement, which includes a wage increase and an increase in employee contributions to insurance premiums. During contract negotiations last year, Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) and Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) voted against approving the agreement. Fleming encouraged the city to be “aggressive” with contract negotiations in anticipation of a budget deficit in 2019. “City residents are starting to understand that we are looking at some more deficits this year, so I’m hopeful that our union staff will be mindful of that as we implement these contracts,” Fleming said at an April 2017 council meeting. The new agreement entails a 2.25 percent wage increase that will be implemented incrementally until 2022. An additional 36 hours of comp time in 2019, 2020 and 2021 will be

POLICE BLOTTER Nexium stolen from Walgreens Evanston police responded Thursday evening to a report of a burglary at a Walgreens in the 2100 block of Green Bay Road. CCTV footage captured two men entering the store around 8:54 p.m., said Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Ryan Glew. The two men met

granted, “as a one-time consideration for concessions on wage increases,” according to city documents. Under the proposed contract, the maximum sick days to be paid out will be reduced from 620 to 600 hours beginning in 2022. The contract will be in place for four years. “The four-year term will provide both parties with union security and stability,” according to city documents. “Furthermore, the lengthy term provides the City with the ability to properly and reasonably budget for salaries and expenses associated with these employees.” At Monday’s meeting, city staff will also recommend the council execute a $2.1 million contract for the Main Street Corridor Improvement Project. Th e contract with Landmark Contractors, Inc. includes the installation of a traffic signal system, pavement reconstruction and storm sewer extensions. Landmark Contractors, Inc. won the contract after outbidding three other companies. Its total bid price of $2.1 million will also pay for a sidewalk extension on the south side of the street from the shopping center to Hartrey Avenue, the instillation of new LED street lights, tree removal and replacements, resurfacing the roadway and improved lane lines and pavement markings. “Landmark, Inc. has previously completed projects for the City, and staff has found their work to be satisfactory,” according to city documents. In funding the Main Street Corridor

in an aisle and deposited seven to eight bottles of Nexium, a drug that treats gastrointestinal reflux, valued at $12.99 each, in a Walgreens shopping basket, Glew said. They then left without paying and were last seen heading west towards Jackson Avenue. Total value of the stolen goods is estimated around $100, Glew said. The police currently have no one in custody.

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Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) speaks at a City Council meeting. Fleming encouraged city staff to be more “aggressive” with union contracts going into 2018.

Improvement Project, the city will utilize $900,000 from the CIP Fund 2018 General Obligation Bonds and $100,000 from the Sewer Fund. The remaining $1.1 million will come from 2019 General Obligation Bonds, according

to city documents. The city has not yet released a timeline for these improvements.

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locked, but later discovered from her daughter that the passenger side door of the car did not lock properly, he added. The only item known to be removed from the car was the vehicle’s registration, Glew said. Police do not have any suspects and no one is in custody.

A car parked at a residence in the 1300 block of Maple Avenue was broken into sometime between Tuesday and Thursday, Glew said. A 62-year-old woman called EPD to report that someone had entered her daughter’s car and displaced the contents of the car’s glove compartment; the mother, a resident of Naples, Fla., was house-sitting, Glew said. The woman kept the car

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Reseachers link sleep cycles, diseases By WILSON CHAPMAN

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When Weinberg Prof. Ravi Allada and his research team began altering the sleeping patterns of a group of fruit flies, they thought a disrupted or unusual sleep-wake cycle would prove to be a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases. To their surprise, the end results pointed towards the exact opposite conclusion. Their study, published in the science journal Cell Reports, instead suggests that manipulation of a person’s circadian clock helps protect the brain’s neurons against neurodegenerative diseases. According to an April 2 news release, these findings open the door for potential new methods of preventing or slowing down neurodegenerative diseases. Allada, whose lab specializes in studying sleep cycles and the effects they have on health, told The Daily the idea for the study came from examining other research that has been conducted on neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease. Allada noted that evidence suggested unhealthy sleep-wake cycles were a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases. However, none of the research Allada looked into was able to show if the relationship was causative or correlative, so he said his lab wanted to test the idea that neurodegenerative diseases are caused by poor sleep cycles. “A lot of the data was circumstantial,” Allada said. “So we did a number of manipulations of the circadian clock and asked, what was the impact of those manipulations.” Fangke Xu, an eighth-year Weinberg graduate student and member of Allada’s lab, said the team used fruit flies as models for their study because the flies have similar neurons that govern sleepwake cycles as humans, and experience similar symptoms from neurodegenerative diseases as humans. Xu said the group started by mutating the flies to have Huntington’s disease. The researchers

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A fruit fly. Northwestern researchers experimented on clusters of flies with Huntington’s disease to determine the relationship between altered sleep-wake cycles and neurodegenerative diseases.

then put a group of the flies in an altered lightdark cycle where they were experienced 20-hour days. The group mutated another group of flies to alter one of the genes that affects the internal circadian clock. The effects of their research loosely mimicked the effects of jet lag on the human brain. “That’s where the ‘jet lag’ word comes from but it’s not really jet lag,” Xu said. “It’s more like resetting the clock every day.” For both groups of flies, the team found Huntington’s disease ended up killing fewer neurons than average, to the surprise of the researchers. The team then took the research further by locating the “heat shock organizing protein” gene that is regulated by the body’s circadian clock and is responsible for folding proteins, and knocking it down. The researchers discovered that knocking down the gene in flies with Huntington’s disease resulted in fewer diseased proteins being accumulated and prevented the deaths of more neurons.

Postdoctoral researcher Marta Iwanaszko said the results of the research were exciting because of how unexpected they were. “They were pretty much the opposite of our initial hypothesis,” Iwanazko said.”We all assumed (altering the circadian clock) should be detrimental to the neurodegenerative disease, but from our experiment, for this particular mutation, we were actually able to prevent cell death.” Iwanazko said the research could be extremely useful for future treatment of neurological diseases, as the manipulation of circadian cycles could be used as a way to detect and treat Huntington’s disease. She also said the lab was likely going to investigate future ways in which sleepwake cycle disruption could be used for treatment with future models, and the lab is looking to use more complex organisms such as mice for future research. wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Brunei, Chick-fil-A and a history of queer boycotting A. PALLAS GUTIERREZ

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This is the eighth column in “50 Years of Queer Anger,” a series examining LGBTQ+ issues in the United States since 1969. Since Brunei implemented new laws making homosexuality punishable with death by stoning April 3, a campaign to boycott nine hotels owned by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has gone viral. Celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Billie Jean King and Elton John have shared an image calling on their followers to join the boycott, and the Twitter accounts for all but one of the hotels (The Hotel Eden in Rome, Italy) have disappeared.

In 2017, Chick-fil-A gave $1.8 million to three groups that have discriminated against queer people: The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Paul Anderson Youth Home and the Salvation Army. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes spreads anti-LGBTQ messages to college athletes and bars their employees from “homosexual acts.” Paul Anderson Youth Home is a home for “troubled youth,” and teaches boys that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are wrong. The Salvation Army has repeatedly opposed legal protections for queer Americans and has a history of turning away trans people, although their website now reflects a national nondiscrimination policy. Over the past few years, people have boycotted Chick-fil-A, and the chain has been banned from two American international airports. This news has made me consider my position on boycotts and queer protesting. In 2012, the

Advocate published an article in which multiple statements were made and actions were planned against Chick-fil-A’s queerphobic policies. Seven years later, the country is again reckoning with the same issue. Does this mean boycotting is pointless? No is the short answer. Boycotting shows companies what consumers value. However, they should not be the only action taken against companies with harmful policies. In the 1980s, the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) became well-known for their die-ins, when hundreds of people would lie down in front of pharmaceutical centers and FDA buildings to demand better treatment for people living with AIDS. These protests were effective in forcing the government to enact change. Stonewall and the AIDS crisis show how more confrontational protests can create positive change for the queer community, but I

understand why community leaders might be hesitant about the optics of aggressive queer protests. Boycotts like the ones against Chickfil-A and hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei can be effective if they reach a large enough audience, but do not necessarily have the same immediacy as protests like ACT UP’s die-ins. The one thing that is clear is how important it is to take a stand. Make your voice heard: whether you never eat Chick-fil-A again, write to your representatives about policy issues or participate in a walkout.

A. Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication freshman. They can be contacted at pallas2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

An ode to the Blake Griffin’s of my best sports memories TROY CLOSSON

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It was less than 24 hours before Valentine’s Day. For so many others, it’s a time spent checking up on restaurant reservations, deciding between milk and dark chocolate and buying last-minute cards. But not for me. I was coping with a freshly broken heart. On Feb. 13, news hit that the Baltimore Ravens were sitting on an agreement to trade former Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco to the Denver Broncos. I hopped on Twitter and the disrespect flew off my phone screen. The most disappointing was the obnoxious excitement some Baltimore fans even expressed at the close of the Flacco era. But love him or hate him, when he was hot, the New Jersey native was among the best quarterbacks in the NFL. In 11 seasons, he took the Ravens to the postseason six times, played in three conference championship games and broke nearly every record held by previous franchise ball-throwers. After Flacco’s injury last year, rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson successfully took the helm mid-season and I knew the 34-yearold’s time was running short. When he didn’t yank the young buck after an abysmal start to his first NFL playoff game against the Chargers, Ravens coach John Harbaugh all but confirmed my fears. “Joe Flacco is going to play really well in this league,” Harbaugh told reporters in

January. “I’ll be in Joe’s corner, wherever he’s at, unless we play him.” The Ravens and Broncos won’t cross paths next regular season, so for now, that won’t be a problem for Harbaugh. I’m glad; it doesn’t have to be one for me either. When it comes down to it, I won’t be able to root against Joe — even if he plays my hometown team. Because for me, when I think about the sports moments that’ll stick with me forever, they’ve always been about the athletes who made them happen. Teams come second. When a third-quarter power outage almost let the San Francisco 49ers steal away a Super Bowl, I was disappointed for the Ravens. But I was pissed — and backed all the conspiracy theories — because the “electrical abnormalities” nearly jeopardized Joe Flacco’s title as the game’s MVP. A few months prior, I watched Destinee Hooker everyday as she led her team to a heartbreaking silver medal at the Summer Olympics in London; four years later, she wasn’t on the team and I was barely interested in volleyball. Ashton Eaton breaking records, that time Joey Rodriguez’s underdogs made the Final Four, whenever Maya Moore does anything — I could go on, but that’s not the point of this. Blake Griffin is. Because like the NFL and Joe Flacco, I’ve always rooted for whatever NBA team is on Blake Griffin’s jersey. All of my best childhood moments were spent watching the Washington Wizards ball at the Verizon Center. But after Griffin’s theatrics during the 2011 Dunk Contest, the

Los Angeles Clippers became my favorite team. Well, up until the team fell back on all the commitments and plans they’d made to the six-time All-Star and traded him out of the blue to the Pistons. Now, I’ve watched more Detroit than Wizards games this season and completely checked out of the Clippers fandom. On the outside, I’m sure it seems random when I root for the Pistons more than any other team — and I’m sure it’ll be the same when I inevitably follow the Broncos come August. And this isn’t to say some of my favorite athletes aren’t completely random. Can’t tell you why I traded for Sam Dekker, Arron Afflalo and Thabo Sefolosha every time I made my own dream roster in 2K. But most of them make sense. Seeing Joe bring a ring back to my hometown meant the world to high-schoolfreshman me. Coming into 9th grade, I was nervous. Volleyball was one of the few sports spanning the Games’ full two and half weeks and I watched Destinee spike all over the field every day to forget about all of that. I went to cross country summer runs every morning in high school because Ashton inspired me, Joey taught me projections are only good on paper and, well, Maya’s just the best. The story about Blake? When I was growing up, my uncle was literally my best friend. He used to do standup comedy and even without it, I thought he was the funniest guy in the world. When he moved to Los Angeles while I was in middle school, I was crushed since I knew

The future of energy policy in Illinois could soon be here. The major utilities, clean energy proponents and others are all pushing legislation at the state Capitol that could greatly impact how we receive energy in our homes and businesses around the state. As the debate continues this spring, we have one word of caution: carefully consider the costs for consumers. We recently worked with energy expert Mark Pruitt, former director of the Illinois Power Agency, to look at the cost impacts of the last two major pieces of energy legislation in Illinois — the 2011 Energy Infrastructure

Troy Closson is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at closson@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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I’d basically never see him. Well, one not-so random week in the middle of the winter, he surprised all of us and came back to Maryland for a while. He planned his visit for mid-February, same time as All-Star Weekend in the NBA — which we’d watched together basically every other year. And that one, we watched the dunk contest together. I lost my mind after watching Blake dunk over a car. Really though, I lost my mind because my uncle was sitting next to me while we watched it. Ever since, probably by no coincidence, Blake’s been my favorite athlete in the world along with Joe. Ultimately, the backlash on Twitter from Broncos fans when Flacco was traded wasn’t surprising; He’s always been a substanceover-flash playmaker — basically just an ordinary guy off the field. Even as Griffin’s become a reliable shooter from behind the arc, there will always be questions about his range and shot mechanics from people who can’t get past the image of him jumping over the hood of a Kia. But none of that matters to me. Sports have always been about the moments and the athletes who made them mean something for me, and Joe and Blake are part of more memories than I can count.

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Rodriguez to campus because they thought she would be an inspirational figure for students to hear from her as the first Latina woman to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Uriostegui said A&O was also trying to make a concentrated effort to bring more diverse speakers to campus. “We really wanted Latina representation this year, cause I think ‘Roma’ was such a big influence in the Oscars market that we really wanted her to share her story,” Uriostegui said. “That hasn’t been shown with previous speakers.” During the event, Rodriguez explained that her role as a producer is focused on the day-to-day detail work, as Cuarón’s demands are so specific that someone needs to be on set to supervise production and ensure his conditions are met. Rodriguez said even compared to her experiences on Cuarón’s other movies, “Roma” was a very

REPORT From page 1

Evanston to play its part in avoiding cataclysmic climate change,” according to the city website. The first action listed calls for the prevention of combined sewer overflows that could prompt the opening of the Wilmette locks that releases untreated wastewater into Lake Michigan. Ashish Sharma, a research assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame, said even though cities may face the same problems, they will have to develop

DALE DURO From page 1

“Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee. When Deleon and Paz started the group last fall, they could only dream of weekly rehearsals in studios with hardwood floors and dance room mirrors. The group formed because Paz and Deleon felt the lack of dedicated Latin dance on Northwestern’s campus, said Paz, a Weinberg junior. By the time the group began recruiting at the Fall Activities Fair, it became clear that many students agreed. “In the beginning, it was just us two,” Deleon said, but that changed after the fair, and soon, they had an 80-member listserv to manage. To better organize and manage their members, Dale Duro expanded to include a five-person

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residents so they’ll hear the teen’s “side of the story” and maybe form new opinions. The sessions have been by and large a success. “The residents like it,” said Merion social director Tammy Potts. “One resident told me that they were ready to

MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 demanding film to shoot. Because the film was extremely personal to Cuarón, who based much of it on his experiences growing up in Mexico City, he insisted it perfectly replicate his memories of youth. Rodriguez was often involved in coordinating the set design pieces Cuarón asked for based on his childhood street. Oftentimes, she would have to say no to him when certain set pieces became liability concerns, like when he asked to include a live bear playing a tambourine during street scenes. When shooting started, Cuarón did not provide any of the crew or cast members with a script and insisted on shooting the film completely in the order of the script to ensure that the emotions portrayed in the film were spontaneous and genuine. This meant the crew didn’t know exactly what a scene was going to look like until a few days before it was shot and often had to scramble to make sure the technical elements mirrored what Cuarón was looking for. In one instance, production did not find out until

a few weeks in advance that Cuarón wanted pieces of hail that differed in shape to reflect actual hail for a scene that required it. To save money, Rodriguez and her team bought 400 tons of glue sticks and spent two weeks cutting them up and melting them down into unique shapes on top of their other responsibilities during shooting. When asked if Cuarón was a terrible boss, Rodriguez joked that every single film shoot ends with the crew swearing they would never want to work with him again. However, she said that she loves him as a person, and even though he works his crew extremely hard, she is constantly impressed by the sheer drive he has for filmmaking, noting that he always works harder than anybody else on any film he makes. She said that as trying as the production of “Roma” was, everyone on the team became very invested in the story; during the shoot of one particularly emotional scene at the end of the film, the entire crew was uncontrollably sobbing and the set

had to be closed so they could have a day to recover. Ultimately, while Rodriguez admits that working with Cuarón is a taxing experience, his passion for the work makes her feel a sense of accomplishment that is worth the difficulty in the end. “You feel like you’re finding the cure for cancer every day on set with Alfonso,” Rodriguez said, laughing. Uriostegui said she really enjoyed hearing Rodriguez’s speak, and loved her humor and passion. She said she was very surprised by how hands-on Rodriguez was as a producer, and found her stories about “Roma” to be reflective of her own experiences as an RTVF student on campus. “It’s really inspirational for me, cause I’ve done production stuff,” she said. “It’s nice to see that the stuff that I’m going through right now, for like small student films, is the same stuff that she’s going through for this big production.”

unique solutions based on each city’s resources and budget. He emphasized using an interdisciplinary approach to create long-term solutions, regardless of how cities may choose to tackle these problems. “We can include more interdisciplinary approaches on solving these kind of open problems, talking with climate scientists, ecological biologists, other designers and planners and stakeholders,” Sharma said. “And thinking about if the solution is a feasible solution, if it’s a long-term solution and if it’s economically viable.” Though cities might have to develop different

strategies to deal with the most relevant climate change-related issues, the experts still supported working regionally and nationally to develop overarching goals and initiatives. Brent Sohngen, a professor of environmental and resource economics at The Ohio State University, said he wants to see Midwestern states do more coalitionbuilding to develop strategies that promote cleaner energy across the region in areas like agriculture. While individual Midwestern residents could implement more sustainable practices at home, government policy is the only way to tackle the issue, he said.

“We have to have some sort of government solution if we’re going to tackle this problem,” Sohngen said. “There’s just no way around that. And unfortunately it’s not just the U.S. Obviously we’re a big chunk globally, even if the U.S. were to reduce its own emissions drastically, we’d still face a climate change problem if the rest of the world doesn’t come along.” Along with the report, the Environmental Law and Policy Center released a list of possible policy solutions for legislators to consider.

executive board and began applying for funding grants. They then went about finding a space in which to rehearse and hold classes, which proved difficult as a new group breaking in on the NU dance scene. Before securing a studio in SPAC, dancers had to meet in Kresge — where there are no mirrors or hardwood floors. “Us being new, we had to be introduced to the process of getting space really late in the game,” Deleon said. “So whatever we could get was kind of scraps, but we’re doing it. We’re being resourceful.” The dance company has withstood these challenges because of their strong community, said Weinberg freshman Jimena Collado. “We have so much background culture that we can share with each other.” Collado said. “A lot

of us may come from immigrant families or a lot of them may come from parents that only speak Spanish or things like that. Those things are small, but they really click.” A core value of Dale Duro is inclusivity, said Collado, who is a member of the executive board. A big part of the group’s inclusivity is their openness: membership in Dale Duro is not restricted to only the Latinx community. It is open to any “appreciator of Latin culture, music or dance,” Deleon said. Dale Duro has also been welcomed by various other groups in the arts and Latinx community. A collaboration with Lipstick Theatre kicked off Dale Duro’s dance classes, and Alianza, NU’s Latinx student alliance, even helped promote the group, going as far as inviting them to perform at

Festival LatiNU. In the future, Dale Duro hopes to have classes open every week and teach new styles like plena and bomba. Dale Duro’s main show debuts May 26. While Dale Duro looks to groups like Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Northwestern as inspiration for their dance group, Deleon said that dance is just one way to “feel deeply rooted in your culture.” “When people want to identify with Latinx culture through dance, it’s not just the surface physical expression,” Deleon said. “It’s like you’re feeling the music. You’re feeling all the instruments that have been played for so many years when their parents used to dance.”

let [the teens] run the world.” Sessions are often followed by impromptu one-onone conversations between the teens and the residents. At Saturday’s session, resident Helene Moran talked about how advances in hearing devices helped her attend college and graduate school. “They open up a can of worms,” Moran said on the teens.

Dickson said the sessions have improved his public speaking skills and motivated him to pursue a people-oriented career; he currently plans to study community and nonprofit leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall. The program has gained attention outside of the retirement community; Samara Michael said she and her sister are often approached by other Highland

Park students interested in getting involved. For the moment, they say, they’re sticking with their group of four, with a tentative plan to recruit a new member after Dickson and White leave for college in the fall. “There’s a lot to learn from them, and they have a lot to learn from us,” Samara Michael said.

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Wildcats score 15 in second half of Hopkins win No. 6 Northwestern

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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No. 17 Johns Hopkins

If Kelly Amonte Hiller is right, Northwestern’s offensive explosion in a win on April 6 will lead her and her team to a victory on the Johns Hopkins lacrosse field six weeks from now. Before the game, Amonte Hiller reminded the Wildcats that the Blue Jays will be hosting both the 2019 Big Ten Championships and the 2019 Final Four. The coach predicted NU could eventually be 5-0 at Homewood Field, forecasting wins in the semifinals and championship games of the Big Ten and the NCAA tournaments. In what could end up as the first of five games NU plays in Baltimore this season, the No. 6 Cats (9-3, 3-0 Big Ten) beat No. 16 Johns Hopkins (9-4, 1-2), 20-13, following one of the best scoring second halves the team has had all season. “This has to be the first of five games that we’re going to play here,” sophomore midfielder Lauren Gilbert said. “We just have so many threats that if one person isn’t having the best game or gets ejected, we just have so many other people that can step up. That’s what makes this team so great.” NU outscored the Blue Jays 15-7 in the second half despite losing a consistent attacker, junior Lindsey McKone, to a controversial ejection shortly before the first half ended. That allowed Johns Hopkins to face guard senior attacker Selena Lasota, NU’s leading scorer, but the Cats’

White supremacist ‘It’s okay to be white’ sticker found in dining hall

Students found a sticker with the white supremacist slogan “It’s okay to be white” placed on a pillar in Allison dining hall Saturday. Communication sophomore Rishi Mahesh posted a picture of the sticker to Facebook on Saturday evening along with an explanation of how the phrase contributes to a culture of white supremacy. Posters and leaflets with the same phrasing were

midfielders took on the majority of the offense’s workload after halftime. Gilbert opened the second half with two unassisted goals in the first three minutes, bringing NU back from the deficit it had at halftime. Later in the half, senior attacker Claire Quinn scored four goals in 12 minutes, leading NU on a 6-3 run that built a five-goal lead. Freshman midfielder Izzy Scane added three goals in the second half, and the team made 15 of its 20 shots on goal after the break, despite Lasota taking only two shots in the final 30 minutes. “That speaks to our weapons,” Amonte Hiller said. “Claire Quinn was unbelievable today, her and (Scane’s) game really stepped up. They were focusing heavily on (Lasota) and (Gilbert) and as a result they were able to take advantage of all of that space.” In NU’s next game, a home contest Thursday against No. 2 Maryland, the Big Ten regular season championship tiebreaker will potentially be on the line as the two highest-ranked teams in the conference face off. Even though the next game is one of the most important of the regular season, Amonte Hiller found on many college campuses in recent years, distributed as part of a plan users on the platform 4chan concocted to set off an ideological battle over white supremacy and free speech. “It’s OK to be white,” however, was widely used long before its spread on 4chan, often by neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements. Although Mahesh and his friends initially made light of finding the sticker, which was near the back of the dining hall and largely out of sight, its white supremacist origins began to make them feel uneasy. “If you are familiar with the news, you know what that sticker means,” Mahesh said. “You know

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Claire Quinn brings the ball down the field. The senior scored a career-high five goals in NU’s win over Johns Hopkins.

acknowledged her pregame motivation broke from her usual “one game at a time” mentality. But after the team won by its largest margin of season against a ranked team, Quinn said the team received Amonte Hiller’s message extremely well.

“We have four more games on this field, so we’ll have to get used to it,” Quinn said. “I like this field. We’ll get to know it a lot better. We’re going to be here a while.”

it’s more than a joke and more than what the sticker says that it is.” Posters similar to the sticker were found in November 2017 in Crowe Hall, which prompted a University Police investigation. The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism found 319 verified incidents of white nationalist propaganda in 2018 — including three on NU’s campus — about a 9 percent increase from 2017. In light of the discovery of a noose-shaped rope in Henry Crown Sports Pavilion last month, Mahesh said, he wonders whether the sticker has further implications, especially at a predominantly white institution.

He added that University administrators need “to know what they mean” when they try to increase diversity in admissions and University programing, because “including students of color in predominantly white spaces also has the immediate effect of exposing them to the possibility of trauma.” “As dumb as it feels to say, I have felt unsafe, especially right after the incident,” he said. “I would really like to know from the school how they plan to ensure students of color are safe on Northwestern’s campus when ideas and groups like this are allowed to do whatever the f--k they choose.”

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The final buzzer sounded 20 seconds after Northwestern scored its 42nd point of the game. Th en the Wildcats shook the hands of the victorious Arizona players, received their WNIT runner-up trophy and filed back to the locker room. Just over an hour later, on the bus ride back to the team hotel, coach Joe McKeown said he didn’t even know where that trophy had gone. Arizona’s defense foiled what could have been one of the biggest celebrations in NU program history, holding the team to its second-lowest point total of the season in its most important game. The Cats (21-15, 9-9 Big Ten) fell 56-42 in the WNIT Championship game to Arizona (24-13, 7-11 Pac 12) on Saturday, ending a six-game tournament run that featured multiple double-digit comeback wins. “Northwestern, they’ve been on three road games (in the WNIT) before us,” Arizona forward Sam Thomas said in the postgame news

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conference. “We knew they could come back. They’ve come back from many deficits… And I think we just really did a good job sticking down in the third quarter, keeping the lead we had and not letting them come back.” In the fi nal game of the 201819 season, NU’s three best scorers combined to shoot less than 32 percent from the field. Freshman guard Veronica Burton led the Cats with 16 points and sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam added 14, but no other player added more than 4. Playing in the last game of her collegiate career, senior center Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah didn’t make a shot from the field. Th e Wildcats pulled away from NU in the second quarter, outscoring the team by a 14-5 margin over that 10-minute stretch. Arizona guard Aari McDonald led the Wildcats with 19 points, scoring more points in the game than the Cats were able to score in the entire first half. McKeown said even though the Cats were facing a similar aggressive defense to what West Virginia ran against them last week, the rigorous schedule they have faced over the last two weeks finally caught up to the team, who got fatigued down the

stretch. “You should be able to get the ball in the lane, get the ball to the post players,” he said. “But they had us playing East-West a lot … We couldn’t get in transition. We didn’t rebound the ball like we were capable of.” While there won’t be a championship banner raised into the rafters of Welsh-Ryan Arena in November, McKeown said he will ensure the team’s run to the WNIT Championship game will be commemorated by the University. Once the team’s new practice facility is completed, he said he will put the runner-up trophy in a spot the players will see every day. According to McKeown, the experience of the WNIT run — making dramatic comebacks in in front of road crowds larger than what the Cats typically see in Big Ten play — will put the team in a better position to have success next season. “Th ey made an incredible run,” he said. “(Winning) at Toledo (after being) down 16. At West Virginia down 18. And to come back in those games… I want them to feel like they want another taste of this.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Lindsey Pulliam takes a jumper. The sophomore finished with 14 points in her team’s loss in the WNIT final on Saturday.

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Northwestern led the pack at the Benedictine Invitational on Saturday in its second meet of the outdoor season. The Wildcats finished fourth with a total of 62 points, claiming the top four spots in the 1500-meter race, the top three in the 800, and second place in the 400. The standout performances came from junior Kelly O’Brien, who won both the 1500 and 800 with times of 4:25.64 and 2:16.78 respectively, and freshman Rachel McCardell, who placed in the top three in both events as well. “It was definitely a bit of a smaller meet than we’ve run in the past, but really cool to be at the front,” McCardell said. “In cross country, normally you’re just fighting for 100th or 150th place, but at this meet, most of the competition was within our reach or around where we were, so it was really nice to run at the front and be competitive in that way.” Going into both the 800 and 1500, McCardell added that the team knew they’d be towards the top, so the goal was to win heats, keep pace and keep each other in sight. O’Brien said this strategy was crucial to both her races, especially the 1500. “The 1500 was a very planned, intentional race with two of my teammates,” she said. “Sarah Nicholson helped me out tremendously with pacing the first 600, and then Aubrey (Roberts) carried me through 800. I felt like I knew what I needed to do, I knew how to do it and I was super pumped up.” Though she finished the 1500 a second slower than she wanted, O’Brien said she still thought she had a pretty good race. Coach ‘A Havahla Haynes praised O’Brien’s performance and her improvement. “(O’Brien) lowered her time from 4:27 a week ago to essentially 4:25,

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Kelly O’Brien runs. The junior won both the 1500 and the 800 at the Benedictine Invitational this weekend

which is huge, and she’s ahead of schedule in terms of where she was last year compared to this year,” she said. Haynes also said MaryKate Schoonover’s 2:47.57 finish in the 800 was exciting to see, given the freshman’s hard work after dealing with injuries. Looking ahead, NU will travel to California for the Mount Sac Relays and the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 18 to 20. “It’s two meets which have tons of sections and heats, so (the goal is) bring the same mentality that we had today to that competition, but also raise the bar on yourself a little bit in terms of what you think

you’re capable of in terms of time,” Haynes said. She added she’s hoping for faster times and more section wins. O’Brien said these meets are some of her favorites of the season, and she’s looking forward to running them with the team. “It’s so competitive, and it’s in a great climate, of course,” O’Brien said. “Sometimes you can get a little starstruck with the bigger meets and a lot of competitors from really solid programs and schools, (but) I think we can get the pace down a little bit. It looks really good for the ‘Cats moving forward.” sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu

Great pitching combined with timely hitting typically leads to success. Northwestern used that recipe to earn a third-straight weekend sweep, winning all three games against Nebraska in Lincoln. The Wildcats (29-7, 9-0 Big Ten) remain in a tie for the Big Ten lead and have now won seven in a row and 12 of their last 13. “We weren’t perfect this weekend, but we were tough,” coach Kate Drohan said. “I really liked how we played like a team. We picked each other up, and we had some really clutch two-out hits.” The weekend featured two more complete-game shutouts from freshman pitcher Danielle Williams, whose numbers in conference play are simply mind-boggling — one earned run in 39 innings pitched and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 15-to-1. Williams shut down the Cornhuskers (13-22, 2-7) on Friday evening, striking out 10 without a walk and allowing just three hits in an 8-0 win. After a slow start, NU’s offense gave her plenty of support. Sophomore second baseman Rachel Lewis and freshman shortstop Maeve Nelson each homered during a four-run fifth inning, and senior first baseman Lily Novak was 2-for-4 with three RBIs. After a slow start to the season, Lewis is hitting .333 with five home runs in nine conference games. “I put in a lot of work outside of practice to try to get things right with my swing,” Lewis said. “Once I settled in and stopped worrying about the numbers, things started to happen for me.” Saturday’s game was much closer than the 8-2 final score would indicate, as the game turned on a few key moments. Nebraska loaded the

bases with one out in the first, but sophomore pitcher Kenna Wilkey escaped the inning without allowing a run. When the Cats loaded the bases themselves in the third, they would not come away similarly disappointed. Freshman designated hitter Nikki Cuchran cranked a grand slam over the right-field wall, and suddenly NU had a 4-0 lead. “It was a good, timely hit,” Cuchran said. “We want to take advantage of what the pitcher and the other team is giving us. We do a good job taking advantage of the other team’s mistakes.” With the Cats up 5-1 in the fifth, Wilkey pulled another escape act, striking out three-straight batters to get out of a bases-loaded, nobodyout jam. Lewis then hit a two-run dinger in the sixth to put the game out of reach. Williams was dominant again Sunday, this time allowing only one hit and striking out 12 in a 4-0 NU victory. Freshman center fielder Skyler Shellmyer hit an RBI single in the second to get the scoring started, and Novak, with the bases loaded and two outs in the third, dumped a single into right to drive in two more. Williams helped her own cause with a run-scoring single in the fifth to account for the final tally. The Cats finally had a successful weekend in a venue that until this season was a house of horrors for them — NU had been just 1-10 at Nebraska’s Bowlin Stadium since the Cornhuskers joined the conference in 2012. “It’s no secret what our history is in that stadium,” Drohan said. “We just attacked it head-on and we said, ‘It’s time to make some new memories here.’ Even from when we practiced there Thursday night, it definitely felt different. There was a lot of confidence coming from our team.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern. edu